Now in 3-D, 'Jurassic Park' is returning to theaters for a limited engagement.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

T. rex and the velociraptor are back on the hunt. Twenty years after Steven Spielberg brought dinosaur fear into the nation's multiplexes with Jurassic Park, the classic film returns in 3-D on Friday.

After two sequels and with Jurassic Park 4 in the works (due June 2014), the original still maintains a dinosaur-sized footprint on pop culture and filmmaking.

"Jurassic Park was a game-changer. These dinosaurs shook people up 20 years ago," says Randy Haberkamp, film historian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "And now they have gone a dimension further." ...